Official: Marshfield house fire likely caused by smoking materials

MARSHFIELD - A family is lucky a fire in their home Monday morning didn't do more damage, according to officials.

Firefighters responded to a home on fire in the 100 block of South Cedar Avenue at about 8:05 a.m. Monday, Marshfield Deputy Fire Chief Jody Clements said. The family was out of the house when firefighters arrived, he said.

Careless use of smoking materials is believed to be the cause of the fire Clements said. The fire was on the second floor of the home and firefighters were able to extinguish it quickly, he said. The preliminary damage estimate is $1,000.

The family is lucky the fire didn't cause more damage, displace people or injure someone, he said. The home did not have any smoke detectors, so the family was lucky to have detected the smoke and notified firefighters early, Clements said.

"This is a plea to everyone to remind them (smoke detectors) are important," Clements said.